Editing Duisburg (section)

=== Duisburg Port ===
[[Duisburg-Ruhrorter Häfen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duisport.de/?lang=en/ |title=Führende Logistikdrehscheibe in Zentraleuropa – Duisburger Hafen AG |access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> is the city's inland port. It is officially regarded as a seaport because seagoing river vessels go to ports in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Numerous docks are mostly located at the mouth of the Ruhr where it joins the Rhine.

Each year more than 40 million tonnes of various goods are handled with more than 20,000 ships calling at the port. The public harbour facilities stretch across an area of {{convert|7.4|km2|1|abbr=out}}. There are 21 docks covering an area of {{convert|1.8|km2|1|abbr=on}} and {{convert|40|km|0|abbr=off}} of wharf. The area of the Logport Logistic Center Duisburg stretches across an area of {{convert|2.65|km2|2|abbr=on}}. With 2.5 million [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]] it is also the largest inland container port, based on 2011 figures.<ref>[http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/informa/ci_top100ports2012/index.php Top 100 Container Ports 2012] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604022703/http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/informa/ci_top100ports2012/index.php |date=4 June 2013}}</ref> A number of companies run their own private docks and 114 million tonnes of goods yearly (2010) are handled in Duisburg in total.